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FE Volume 165 Issue 8

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You Really CAN Reduce Fixed Public Safety Costs

Thirty-seven years in local government has taught me that it is truly possible, even feasible, to reduce the infamous "fixed costs" during challenging fiscal times.

Fire Safety

Leadership in the Workplace

During my early adult years, while serving in the United States Army, I learned a valuable lesson that has benefited me throughout my entire adult…

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Fighting Fires in Balloon-Frame Construction

All firefighters, not only officers, must be well-versed in building construction.

Building Construction Fire Safety

Fire Service Management: A Renewed Perspective

It Is becoming more and more evident that the fire service needs to conduct its business more efficiently.

Firefighting

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Steps to Becoming An Ethical Leader

Leaders are critical to the ethical transformation of an organization.

Fire Department Leadership Firefighting

Wildland Urban Interface Fires: Managing a Cascade of Risk

It was a normal summer across Colorado's Front Range, where America's prairie heartland gives way to the imposing Rocky Mountains.

Firefighting Wildland Firefighting

Fire Department Performance Management: Is Public Policy on the Map?

In the 1970s, the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) infamously embarked on a reduction in fire companies that largely fell on the shoulders of…

Firefighting

“Nice” School, Part 2

I really should have titled this month's column "Before You Send the Workers to School, You Should Train the Boss." I have been describing in…

Fire EMS Firefighting

Time to revise basement fire tactics?

Captain Danny Stratton's "Fires Below the Residential First Floor" (March 2012) was timely to a project underway by the Safety, Health and Survival Section of…

Firefighting

NFPA recruiting code enforcers for technical committees

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is recruiting code enforcers for its more than 200 technical committees.

Fire Service Career Firefighter Training

Driver Training Simulators: Strategies and Tactics

Emergency response driver training simulators (ERDTS) create real-world experiences that enable drivers to hone their skills within a variety of challenging situations.

Firefighter Training